Fence and fence-post.



PATENTED NOV. 27, 1906.

0. REIGHERT. FENCE AND FENCE POST.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 24. 1906.

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QARfIJ BEICH RT, or .LIvnvGsToN, escorts;asserts; or-oss hxi f :ro IGOTTLIEB REICHERT,.OF.-LIVINGSTON; isconsin F NoEANo, Fence-Post v Patented Nov. '27,'-1ao6;:

, Specification of IitteisQat'ent; 'i s tuoteonmi ihigniai.I900; Serial at 331,925. 1

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Be itknowp that ,I, CARL'REICH RT, a citi "for-otherwise treated or coated to resist cor zcnofthe United States, res'idingatLiving: sion' Each'post is, provided lwith Spa: ston, in the "county 9f "Grant" and State of i sides at right angles to its'front face. aildth Wisconsin,'have invented a new and useful lower portion embedded in a block ofijcon Fence and Fence-Post, of which gthe f ollotv jcrete 11-, the latterwith an offset 12 at' the 1n ls a specification." f 'lower'end t preventthef-mstfiom fheavingf" i113 mventionrelates to'irnprovenients inn thepqst. -I H X fences and the' ostsifof-tlic saniefaiid has The" bascsblock's are "designed to be em o for its object to improve thec'onstmction and bedded their "full lengths in the ground, (i p,

increase the efiicieneyand uti ity ofst 'uc-i =resentdat 1'3.) r f L tures of this character. i" Y 'The body portion of the post is provided W -With these and other obje ts}. vie v,, with a lurahtyof space-departures 14 to which will appear-asthe' nature of theinv'el'iceive t 'e' wire-holding clips and arc'prefcn l5 tron 1 s better understood, the'invention collably arranged in zigzag order, as shown, to sists m certain novel features of construction, increase the range of the adjustment of the as hereinafter fully described and claimed. clips, and thus enable the strand-wires to be 70 In the W y g wings, forming a spaceda-"y required distance apart, as herepart of this specification, and in which correinafter explained. l 2o sponding parts are denoted by like designat- Bearing against the spaced side ortions of 5 In the drawin 3 side view of aportionof the improve Fig. 5 is an elevation of a portion of a fence mg characters, is illustrated the preferred form of the embodiment of the invention ca pable of carryi. .g the same into practical opcratlon. H

Figure 1 is a perspective view of one of t e improved'posts. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view-of the'same. Fig. 3 is a sectional'detail, enlarged, of one of the straud-wire-supportin clips. Fi 4 is a g fence.

I embodying the resent-improvements.

The improved fence herein shown and described comprises a plurality of postsspac'ed apart and each provided with an anchor-element adapted to be embc'ddez'l in the, ground, the end posts suitably braced, a plurality of strand-wires spaced apart and extending transversely of the posts and rigidly connect- 4 cd to the end posts and loosely clipped -to the intermediate posts, so that the strandwires may be strained to any required extent without applying lateral force to the interrn'cdiatc posts, bars attached to the sides of the posts and provided with spaced trans- Qvcrse apertures, and spaced mils extending transversely of the bars and the posts to which they arc'attau hcd and scoured. by fastcmn means operating through the aper- 5 turcs III the bars.

The osts are alike, and the description of ohc wil suffice for all. Each post consists of a body 10, preferably in channel-shaped the posts 10 are bars 15, one at eacsidc, and secured in place by-bolts 16 or other suitable fastening means, the'bars being preferably in L shapc,'with the fastening members 16 operating through one; arm and the other arni flush with the face of the post 10 and provided with spaced apertures 17. in erecting the improved fence the en posts are suitably braced, as at 18, and the strandewires 19 rigidly connected to the end posts by clips 20, as shown'in Fig. 5. The strand-wires extend transversely of the posts and are loosely coupled thereto by clips,

preferably in the form of threaded hooks 21,

operating through the apertures 14 and secured in place. by nuts 2.2,the hooked portion'of the clips being of sufficientsize to prevent the strand-wires being pinched" thereby to the posts. By this means the strand-wires are free to. be drawn throu h the clips when'the longitudinally or stretchi'ng. strains areapplied and without producing lateral strains upon the intermediate posts.

The bars-l5 are designed to'support spaced rails'23, preferably of wood and secured in place by nails or other suitable fastening means 24, operating through the apertures 17 and clenched against the inner faces of the bars. The rails 23 may be employed bc-' tween the strand-wires, as shown in Fig. 5, or

in place of the lower wires, as may be preferred.

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, not offering any resistance to the free passage of the wires.

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and spaced transverse apertu res, anchor ele be maintained.

The proper-tension may thus I claim- 1. A fence post having spaced at. right angles to the face thereof and- L-shaped bars secured to ,said sides with one arm 'of each bar flush with the face of the post'and provided spaced nail-receiving aper- 2. .In a fence, posts havingspacedi-sides ssasza xnents connected tosaidfosts at one end and adapted to embedde in the L-.s aped bars secured to said si es with one .arm of each bar flush with the faceof the post-and provided with spaced nail-receiving; apertures; I

, 3.In a fence,-. posts having spaced sides 0 and spaced transverse apertures, anchor elements connected to said bsts at one end and adapted to be embedde in-the ground, .L- shaped bars secured to said sides with one arm ofleach bar flush with the face of.the 5 .post and provided with spaced nail-receiving apertures, strand-wires connected to the bars.

and rails connected to the bars. I a

my own I have hereto aflixed niy slgnature ao in the presence oftwo witnesses.

Gan; RAwsom ound, and 2 5 In testimony. that I claim the foregoing fias l.-

j CARL EIoHsh-T; 

